{"id":24562,"date":"2016-04-13T01:45:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T01:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/car-prime-minister-sarandji-names-23-member\/"},"modified":"2016-04-13T01:45:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T01:45:14","slug":"car-prime-minister-sarandji-names-23-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/car-prime-minister-sarandji-names-23-member\/","title":{"rendered":"CAR Prime Minister Sarandji names 23-member Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Thousands lost their lives in wave of violence as millions more fled their homes.}<\/p>\n

The Central African Republic unveiled Tuesday its first new government since a peaceful presidential vote in February seen as a step toward reconciliation after years of sectarian violence.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mathieu Simplice Sarandji\u2019s cabinet announced on national radio has 23 members, with none drawn from the Muslim and Christian militias behind the bloodletting sparked by a coup three years ago.<\/p>\n

Three candidates who came up short against President Faustin-Archange Touadera, elected in a February 14 run-off vote, are in the cabinet, including Defence Minister Joseph Yakete.<\/p>\n

Jean-Serge Bokassa, tapped for interior minister, and Charles Armel Doubane, who will handle foreign affairs, also ran unsuccessfully to lead the war-torn nation.<\/p>\n

FRANCOIS BOZIZE OUSTER<\/p>\n

CAR\u2019s most recent episode of bloodletting was sparked by the March 2013 ousting of long-serving president Francois Bozize, a Christian, by the mainly Muslim Seleka rebel alliance.<\/p>\n

The coup sparked a series of revenge attacks involving Muslim forces and Christian vigilante groups known as \u201canti-balaka\u201d (anti-machete) militias.<\/p>\n

Thousands were slaughtered in the spiral of atrocities that drove about a tenth of the population of 4.8 million to flee their homes.<\/p>\n

The new cabinet will also include some familiar faces, with at least three having served under Touadera when he was Bozize\u2019s prime minister from 2008-2013.<\/p>\n

Among them are: Leopold Mboli-Fatrane, who is responsible for mines in the mineral-rich nation, and Theodore Jousso, transport and civil aviation minister.<\/p>\n

Marking a success in CAR\u2019s effort to return to normalcy, it was re-admitted last week to the African Union, ending a three-year suspension following the 2013 coup.<\/p>\n

The bloc lauded CAR for \u201csuccessfully holding\u201d the elections, which passed off without violence despite widespread fears of unrest.<\/p>\n

The violence disrupted farming, transport and public services in one of the world\u2019s poorest nations and was so serious that France \u2014 the former colonial power \u2014 launched a military intervention and the UN deployed a peacekeeping force.<\/p>\n

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